Parade activity

Doodle Passport (come-back loop)

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  • K-8
  • School
  • library
  • Quick
  • Community

Documented for Virginia: attendance.

What it is

Tracker tying repeat visits/attendance to the parade - kids come back to color the next section; pairs with summer reading logs.

Source: Mandates Map (come-back loop); Crosswalk Section K

  • Timeminutes per visit — the loop is the activity
  • Setupa little setup

What you need

  • The library's Doodles
  • a coloring station or corner with dry-erase crayons and an eraser cloth
  • printed challenge sheets

Steps

  1. Step 1 of 5

    Come in and find your Doodle

    It's waiting — and so is its next challenge.

  2. Step 2 of 5

    Make it yours this visit

    Color it, read with it, or take on the challenge from the sheet.

  3. Step 3 of 5

    Mark the challenge done

    Completed challenges get marked on the printed sheet with crayon, so staff can see at a glance which are finished.

  4. Step 4 of 5

    The Doodle moves on

    When a challenge is truly complete, the Doodle advances to the next one — staff set it out between visits, so something new is always waiting.

  5. Step 5 of 5

    Come back

    After lunch, after class, or the next day, the loop starts again.

Tips

  • Families can sign out a Doodle to take home.
  • Multiple Doodles can run different challenges at once — kids compare notes on whose Doodle is up to what.

Aligned and documented to

Evidence note: The 13% absenteeism finding (Bowen & Kisida 2021) was measured among low-income students.

Compliance determinations are always the district’s or institution’s.

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